Figurative Language Phantom Tollbooth

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things by stating that one is the other.

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Provide an example of hyperbole.

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"I’m so hungry I could eat a horse." This is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

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What is personification?

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A literary device where animals or inanimate objects are given human characteristics.

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What is a simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound it describes.

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Identify the term: 'The wind whispered through the trees.'

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Personification.

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Identify the term: 'Her smile was as bright as the sun.'

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Simile.

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Identify the term: 'The classroom was a zoo.'

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Metaphor.

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Identify the term: 'I have a ton of homework.'

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Hyperbole.

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Identify the term: 'Buzz, hiss, roar.'

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Onomatopoeia.